US Patent Issued to ASP Global Manufacturing on Oct. 27 for "Self-contained biological indicator" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,445, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Self-contained biological indicator" was invented by Behnam Amin (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biological sterilization indicator is disclosed that in some embodiments comprises a housing having a first enclosure and a second enclosure, an ampule containing a liquid growth medium, and an insert disposed at least partially in the first enclosure. The insert may have a platform including a top surface, an abutment surface, and a side surface, as well as a first void disposed in the platform and configured to all...